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<p></p>
  <p>Class containing some static character utility methods that evaluate
  the associated ASCII code of a character and determine in which category
  it falls in.</p>
  
  <p>The ASCII chart can be found at the following location:
  <code>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascii_table</code></p>
    <p>Author: Dimitrios Gianninas</p>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#isAlphabetic()">isAlphabetic</a>(c:String):Boolean</div>
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   Determines if a particuliar character is an alphabetic character,
   either uppercase or lowercase.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#isAlphaNumeric()">isAlphaNumeric</a>(c:String):Boolean</div>
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   Determines if a particuliar character is an alphabetic or numeric character.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#isControl()">isControl</a>(c:String):Boolean</div>
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   Determines if a particuliar character is a control character.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#isNumeric()">isNumeric</a>(c:String):Boolean</div>
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   Determines if a particuliar character is a numeric character.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#isPunctuation()">isPunctuation</a>(c:String):Boolean</div>
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   Determines if a particuliar character is a punctuation character.</div>
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<a class="signatureLink" href="#isSpace()">isSpace</a>(c:String):Boolean</div>
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     Determines if a particuliar character is the space character.</div>
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   Determines if a particuliar character is a whitespace character.</div>
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<code>public static function isAlphabetic(c:String):Boolean</code><p>
   Determines if a particuliar character is an alphabetic character,
   either uppercase or lowercase.
   
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<code>public static function isAlphaNumeric(c:String):Boolean</code><p>
   Determines if a particuliar character is an alphabetic or numeric character.
   This method is a combination of isAlphabetic() OR isNumeric().
   
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<div class="seeAlso">isAlphabetic()<br>isNumeric()</div>
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<code>public static function isControl(c:String):Boolean</code><p>
   Determines if a particuliar character is a control character.
   A control character is one of the first 32 characters in the ASCII chart.
   
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<code>public static function isNumeric(c:String):Boolean</code><p>
   Determines if a particuliar character is a numeric character.
   
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<code>public static function isPunctuation(c:String):Boolean</code><p>
   Determines if a particuliar character is a punctuation character.
   Meaning a printable character that is not alphabetic or numeric.
   
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<code>public static function isSpace(c:String):Boolean</code><p>
     Determines if a particuliar character is the space character.
     A space character is determined to be according to the ASCII
     chart, character 32 (space).
     
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<code>public static function isWhiteSpace(c:String):Boolean</code><p>
   Determines if a particuliar character is a whitespace character.
   A whitespace character is determined to be according to the ASCII
   chart, characters: 0 (null), 10 (linefeed), 13 (return) or 32 (space).
   
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<td width="20"></td><td><code>Boolean</code> &mdash; TRUE if a whitespace character, FALSE otherwise
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